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GUEST CONTRIBUTORS
Allison Paul
Rubio
Aimée Albanese
Paul Rubio’s insatiable quest to discover the world has led him to
Allison was born with an inherent passion for wine. Growing 105 countries and counting.
up in an Italian family, she learned at a young age that wine is A Harvard graduate with a Master in Public Administration
a language; a way to celebrate, to mourn, to reminisce, to love. and a Master in Economics, Paul traded in left-brained austerity
Through personal travels and a formal education, Allison is for right-brained creativity in 2008, embracing his passion for
fluent in this language and desires to share it with the world. travel writing full-time.
She is a Court of Master Sommeliers Certified Sommelier and Since then, he’s taken the travel journalism field by storm,
a wine columnist for Parade Magazine. Allison lives in NYC, winning ten national awards for his poetic prose and seductive
where she spends her free time eating and drinking her way syntax. Paul is member of The Society of American Travel
through Manhattan. Writers and the NATJA.
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